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An Iona College student has started a change.org
petition
imploring New Rochelle school officials to resign in the wake of several violent incidents involving high school students in the past two weeks.

Brendan Eckstein, a student at Iona College started the
petition
on Jan. 18, hours after the third stabbing incident involving students on North Avenue, including the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Valerie Schwab outside Dunkin’ Donuts on Jan. 10.

The
petition
calls for the resignation of Schools Superintendent Brian Osborne, High School Principal Reginald Richardson and the School Board “immediately due to their blatant, reckless, and careless approach to the increase in violent crime in the school that they are entrusted with.”

The
petition
also calls on the police department to set up a foot post for a police officer to continually monitor North Avenue “due to the heavy volume of students and due to the increase in violent crime.”

New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson deferred comment to
Tuesday night’s public safety forum at the high school,
when he, Richardson, School Board President Rachel Relkins and others are expected to speak and address a large crowd. School officials could not immediately be reached for comment early on Tuesday afternoon.